Bottle-closure.



N. F. THOMPSON.

BOTTLE GLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.13, 1914.

Patented July 21, 19M

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I Spexzication of Letters Patent.

Application led January 13, 1314. Serial No. 811,793. i

To all whom it may concern lBe'` it known that I, NnLs F. THOMPSON, acitizen of Sweden, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson andState of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin-Bottle-Closures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sanitary bottle caps, and myobject is to pro vide a closure for milk bottles which will permitpouring of milk from the bottle' without entirely removing the closure.j Where the customary disk-like cap is employed for closing milk bottlesits removal isaccompanied by more or less splashing of milk from thebottle. Frequently after such removal the cap is lost and the contentsof the ybottle is exposed to the outer atmos here and flies, renderingthe contents unfit or use.

By employing my device, the milk may be poured from' the bott-le Withoutentirely removing the ca and consequently there will be no splashlng ofmilk or loss of said gn order that the invention may be fullyunderstood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawing, inwhich:

vFigure l is a detail perspective view of the cap. Fig. 2 is `a planview of the cap fully opened. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section of theupper portion of a bottle provided with the cap, the latter beingclosed. Fig. d is a vertical section of the upper portion of the bottle,with the cap open, so that milk may be poured from the bottle.

A designates a bottle of the type usually employed for holding milk. Theupper por tion of said bottle has an internal marginal recess Bterminating at its lower 'side in a' shoulder C.

l designates my ca which is made of card-board or other sultablematerial, prefy erably, rendered waterproof by treatment with paraffin,or the like.

Cap 1 comprises a supplemental lid 2 and a main lid 3, preferably,stamped from one piece of material and united at one side with ahinge-like portionl 4, whereby the main lid 3 may be raised and lowered'independently resilient by marginal recesses 7, at oppositev sides ofthe hinged portion 4.

In practice, the cap is placed in position in the upper end of thebottle by forcing it Patented any ai, inra.

therein until the supplemental lid 2 rests firmly upon the shoulder C.The resiliency of the supplemental lid due to the ports 5-5, insuressutlicient friction to hold said lid in position. When it is desiredtopour out` a portion of the bottle contents, the main lid 3 is opened bypulling upward on the tab 6, after which the contents may be pouredthrough the port 5. After the desired-amount has been poured ont, themain lid 3 is forced down rmly upon the supplemental lid 2, thuscompletely closing the port 5 and the recesses 5a. The resiliency of themain lid 3 obtained by the incisions 7, creates sutlicient frictionbetween the periphery of said main lid 3 and the annular wall of therecess B, to firmly hold the main lid 3 in closed position until raisedby hand. When the main lid 3 is closed, its marginal tab 6 bears againstand is held in upright position by the adjacent side of the bottle, sothat said tabe can be readily grasped when the lid is to be opened.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLet-- ters Patent is:

l. A closure for bottles, consisting of a supplemental lid having amarginal port, a main lid hinged to `said supplemental lid and havingincisions, and a marginal tab on said main lid. p

2. A closure for bottles, consisting of two lids hinged together, one ofsaid lids having a shoulder diametrically opposite its hinged portion,and beth lids having marginal incisions to render them resilient, forthe purpose set forth and described.

, 3. lln combination with a bottle having an annular internal recessterminating at its lower side in a shoulder, and -a cap consistin'g of asupplemental lid and a main lid hinged together and adapted to fitsnugly upon said shoulder, the supplemental lid having an outlet portdiamctrically opposite its hinged port-"0n and two marginal inlet ports,the main lid having two marginal incisions to render it resilient and amarginal tab, which latter bears against and is held in an uprightposition by the adjacent side of the bottle when the main lid is inclosed position, for the purpose set forth and described.

NELS P. THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

F. G. FISCHER, FRED C. FISCHER.

